4.—(1) The Council shall appoint, from among the members of each of the Practice Committees, persons to chair proceedings of the committee of which they are a member (“panel chairs”).
(2) Of those persons, the Council shall designate one panel chair of each Practice Committee to act as the chair of that committee for a period determined by the Council on designation.
(3) If the Registrar or the person duly authorised on the Registrar’s behalf (“the inviter”) does not invite the chair to participate in particular proceedings of the Practice Committee—
(a)the inviter must invite another panel chair to those proceedings; and
(b)subject to paragraph (4), that panel chair shall chair the proceedings in place of the chair of the committee.
(4) If at any proceedings of a Practice Committee, the panel chair invited to chair the proceedings is absent, the members of the committee at that meeting may nominate one of their number from amongst the members who are present to chair the proceedings.
(5) A person serving as a chair or panel chair of a Practice Committee shall cease to be a chair or panel chair—
(a)if the member ceases to be a member of the Practice Committee in question;
(b)if the member resigns as a chair or panel chair (or both), which they may do at any time by a notice in writing to the Council; or
(c)if the Council votes to terminate the member’s appointment as a chair or panel chair (or both).